Sy — #7272 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Sy

The Social Security Administration has registered 962 babies named Sy between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sy currently holds the #7272 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sy performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 249 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Sy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Sy in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sy in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 962 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.